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Bury were also winners on Tuesday, but neither they nor Accrington have reported the game and as such, again, we are unable to bring you the goalscorers as the 3-0 result gave the Shakers a second successive win. And with the loss of the manager and two of his coaches it left former Claret Alan Moore in charge for this game.
A day later and Preston's 5-1 win over Macclesfield was not quite as comfortable as it seems. Michael McLellan gave them the lead on the half hour and Luke Clark doubled that advantage four minutes before the break.
At half time it seemed as though they were going to be easy winners until Vinny Mukendi pulled one back on 55 minutes. Macc went on to dominate long periods of the second half but just couldn't find an equaliser before they were hit by three more Preston goals in the last three minutes from Jamie Proctor, Matt Dudley and George Miller.
On the same night Oldham travelled to Tranmere with a very experienced team with a number of first team players. Ryan Brooke gave them the lead just before half time and Warren Feeney netted from the penalty spot midway through the second half to give them a 2-0 win.
Wrexham would have gone back above us had they beaten Shrewsbury but they fell to a surprise 2-1 defeat and remain in third place.
There was no Glen Little this week but Gareth Taylor was in the starting line up and played until half time. It was Shrewsbury though who were in front after just two minutes when Kane Cort was able to pick his spot after a defensive mix up.
That lead became 2-0 on 78 minutes when Craig Disley scored but Louis Moss pulled one back from a free kick two minutes later. Wrexham piled forward in the closing stages but the Shrews hung on to take the points.
We have another chance to go top next Monday when we play Macclesfield at home and, should we, it will keep us there for a while longer this time with Preston not in action next week.
The latest results, next week's fixtures, the league's leading scorers and Burnley's goalscorers are all below along with links to the fixtures, results and league tables for both reserve and youth teams.
This Week's Results
Tuesday 5th April
Burnley 3 Morecambe 1
Bury 3 Accrington 0
Wednesday 6th April
Preston 5 Macclesfield 1
Tranmere 0 Oldham 2
Wrexham 1 Shrewsbury 2
Next Week's Fixtures
Monday 11th April
Burnley v Macclesfield
Morecambe v Oldham
Wednesday 13th April
Accrington v Tranmere
Bury v Wrexham
Macclesfield v Oldham
Morecambe v Shrewsbury
Leading Goalscorers
9: Alex MacDonald (Burnley)
7: Wes Fletcher (Burnley), Mathias Pogba (Wrexham)
6: Jamie Douglas, Jamie Proctor (both Preston), Benjamin van den Broek (Shrewsbury)
Burnley Goalscorers
9: Alex MacDonald
7: Wes Fletcher
3: Dominic Knowles, Jay Rodriguez
2: Chris Anderson, Joe Jackson, Michael King, Kevin McDonald, Joe McKee
1: Brian Easton, David Edgar, John Guidetti, Alex-Ray Harvey, Steven Hewitt, Curtis Woods, own goal
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